filling station

noun

"filling-station" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“filling station” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.

Corpus desk

Index EN-filling-station · filling station · English

filling station · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for filling station
PropertyValue
Headwordfilling station
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “filling station” in English

filling stationsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

filling station is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.".

filling station has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is filling station, spelled F-I-L-L-I-N-G- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how filling station appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Here and there, under the porches of ruined filling stations, in the gaping doorways of office buildings, lie heaps of human bones.

Synonyms

filling stationfuel providerfuel stationfuel supplierfueling stationfuelling stationgaragegas bargas stationgasoline standgasoline stationmotor stationpetrol bunkpetrol filling stationpetrol pumppetrol garagepetrol stationservice stationservovehicle station

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filling station"?
"filling station" is spelled F-I-L-L-I-N-G- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "filling station" mean?
As a noun, "filling station" means: A facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
What language does "filling station" come from?
"filling station" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list